They are riding on the shoulders of their forefathers because their mothers and uncles were playing our music. When they are hearing and making music they are hearing our music from before. Our job is to make sure they don’t forget, and that they have a respect for the music that was here before. I never wanted to be forgotten and to be respected of how you get to the next step you don’t skip from A to Z you have to go through A-B-C to get to where the new generation is trying to get to. The reality of how we structured music and dealt with music is a completely different way of how music is made today. Johnny Gill: That was my era of having fun.
What do you miss most about the ’90s and ’80s R&B? I’m praying like everyone else that everyone shows up on December 9 to buy my album, and say they still have an interest in R&B music. People have to send the message to the industry that they want to hear great music and there is a respect for it and a need for it. Showing that there’s a need and an interest. People making sure they send the message clearly as well as what they do with R&B. I miss the era of groups! What do you think it will take for there to be a resurgence in the R&B group? Just in doing so in New York, it was funny because we were like man this is old and good times! We were already on tour when we went in the studio to record the vocals. What was it like recording the new song with your New Edition brothers? Is that what inspired the “All 6 Tour” and the forthcoming New Edition album? It’s great music all we tried to do is make great music, and hands down we accomplished that so I’m excited about it. We haven’t recorded with New Edition since 2004 and we have a New Edition joint on there. I worked with Babyface again, we hadn’t worked together in years. What producers did you work with on the album? What can we expect?
Talk about the recording process of the album. Your new album Game Changer is on the way, and we have already been blessed with the hot single “Behind Closed Doors.” ThisisRnB recently caught up with Gill to discuss his new album, longevity, the state of R&B, New Edition’s new album, and much more. Now, Johnny is back not only with a new solo project, but also with a forthcoming New Edition album as well. The legendary singer has given R&B fans hit after hit as a member of New Edition, LSG, and as a solo artist. R&B veteran Johnny Gill is gearing up for the release of his seventh solo album Game Changer, due in stores December 9.
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